The Army has a range of options to exercise against the continued infiltration from across the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu & Kashmir to give a befitting reply to Pakistan, a top Army commander said on Thursday.

"It (infiltration) has carried on… We have a range of options that are available to the Indian Army and depending on the situation and depending on what is the effect that we desire, we decide on whatever option has to be exercised," Army commander, Northern Command, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh told reporters at Gulmarg — 55 kms from here.

Lt Gen Singh was talking to the media after inaugurating the Gulmarg Winter Youth Festival at the famous ski-resort in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

He said ceasefire violations on the LoC was a ploy by the Pakistani army to push the infiltrators into Indian territory. "As far as the ceasefire violations are concerned, they have continued on the LoC, but it is essentially the adversary, the Pakistani army, on the other side of the LoC initiating ceasefire violations with a view to facilitate the infiltrators and give them cover to cross over the Indian side," he said.

The Army commander, however, said the Pakistani army is given a befitting response whenever a ceasefire violation takes place. "Our strategy is very clear. Whenever any ceasefire violations are carried out by the Pakistan army, they are given a befitting response and it is to the credit of all the troops deployed on the LoC that we have been able to keep the enemy under tremendous pressure," he said.